Dress-form



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DRESS FORM.

No. 479,232. Patented July 19, 1892.

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UNITED STATI-:s

aTnNT Trice.

WILLIAM VOGLER, OF SOMERVILLE, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES A. MORSS, OF

' BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

DRESS-FORM.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent N0. 479,232, Ola/ted July 19, 1892.

Application led October 25, 1888. Renewed January 16, 1892. Serial No. 418,250. (No model.)

T0 all w/wm it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM VOGLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Adj ustable Dress-Forms, of which the following is a specification.

One part of my invention has reference to the structure which constitutes the skirt porxo tion of the dress-form; and it consists in a structure of Wire whereby the same is rendered light and firm.

Another part of my invention consists of certain improvements in the mechanism for adjusting the dress-form to various sizes, so as to render it simpler in operation and less expensive in construction.

Figure l is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is across-section 2o through the line x x.

A is the post or standard which fits into the tubular rod B, which is supported upon feet in the usual way.

The dress-form consists of a waist portion,

which corresponds to the general shape of a ladys dress-Waist, and is composed of papiermache or any suitable material and is divided into four sections C C. These sections are riveted to the waistband, which is made of 3o cast metal and divided into four corresponding sections D D. The skirt portion is composed of wire strips E E, bent into suitable shape, which at their upper ends are rigidly fastened to the sections D D of the waistband and are connected to each other at several points in their length, so as to form a light, elastic, and firm structure.

Fis a collar free to revolve on the standard and supported thereon by a pin or other suit- 4o able means. Cast integral with this collar F, or rigidly secured to it in any suitable way, are four horizontal sleeves G G. Fitted to the sleeves G G are slide-bars J J, which at their outer ends are bent downward at a right angle and riveted to the waistband-sections D D. Upon these slide-bars J J the dressform is mainly supported, and in the operation of expanding and contracting it the dressform remains at the same height. Pivoted to 5o ears cast upon the waistband-sections D D are a series of links or braces L L, which at their inner ends are pivotally connected to a worm M, which engages with a stud or screw N, which is fixed in the standard. Below the Worm M is another worm O, which is cut in the reverse direction to the former, which engages with the stud or screw h, Xed'in the standard, and to which is hinged a series ot links or braces d d, downwardly inclined and pivotally connected to the skirt portion at 6o their outer ends. At the neck of the dressform is a series of links or braces g g, pivotally connected to the four sections O C and to a collar p upon the standard, provided with a set-screw. 4

The height of the dress-form may be adjusted by raising the standard and then iixing the collar P by means of its set-screw, so that the dress-form will be supported by the collar P, resting upon the top of the tubular 7o rod B.

To expand the skirt portion of the dressform, place one hand upon the handle R at the top of the standard and revolve the dressform with the other from right to left. This causes the Worm M to ascend and the worm O to descend and through their connectingbraces to expand the dress-form. To contract the dress-form, revolve it in the reverse direction. The size of the neck is adjusted 8o by the collar P and its connecting links or braces g g. y

The construction of the skirt portion is an important feature of my invention. It will be observed that the Wires which compose it are stayed at iive different points-namely, at the top, bottom, and three intermediate points. This construction renders the skirt firm throughout its entire length. The wires are fastened to each other by tin or sheet- 9o metal clips e e' c2, which are bent around them and then clinched. Extending between the intermediate clips e c2are other wires or strips f f, to which the braces d d are pivoted. I prefer this construction, although the braces d d may be pivoted directly to the wires E E.

Other important features of my invention are the means of supporting the dress-form upon and adjusting it by the slide-bars J J, so that it does not rise or fall in expanding roo contracted Without;alteringotszverticali posi-c tion .and lvvith()uinaltering. its meek :size,i'and; thatthisncan be-eected by means- 1 of .rotate or contracting,.and the employment of the worms M and O to operate the pivoted braces.

I do not broadly claim a dress-form composed in part of wires arranged in a zigzag order, each wire being secured to one adjacent at its Vtop and to an adjacent one. on the other side at'its botto'nnit being characteris tic of my improvement that wires'are secured together in pairs both at top and bottom and that each member of every pair is at inter-f mediate points secured to an adjacent member of another pair. devices for adjusting the lateral dimensions of a dress-form by a revolving spindle operative from the topthereof,l the-form `bei-ngraised or lowered thereby, nor a laterally-expansible eform. having separately-adj ustable sectionszxvith -finteriorly-situated devices Lfor' eiecting the; adjustment: .1. It1is characteristic of my improvement,':thatntheiwaist andthe formrbelowitneanw'be .lateraily expanded or;

ing a single standard onspndle connected; ass specified, with thel expanding devi-ces. Whabl claimwasrmy invention'is'rr 1. An `adj ustable skirtformpprovided -with meansffor expanding and contracting fit; and` supported upon a central standard, said'skirt-i form being composed of waistband-sections D D and aeriesl of `longitudinall :Wiresfcorl stripsEE; arrangediin :pairsxaud :rigidly se: cured .to said sections atztheirupper,ends,ithe\ wires ofeaeh `pair being secured-toeachotherf at or-near the hip portion by clips e e and also at their lower ends, each Wire being also con, nected to the nearest Wire oftherpair nextuto it atfone ormorepoints between 'the `elipse e and thelower. connected ends of the wires,- substantially as ,setvforth 2. ,An nadj ustable ski rtform Aprovided with meansfor expanding and contracting itand supportedupon a central standard, saidskirt=` formcxbeing composed of `waistband-sections Nor do I broadly claiml `l) Danda series of longitudinalwires ElE,

arranged in pairs and rigidly secured to said sections at theirA upper ends, said wires being also secured to each other at or near the hip Aportion and at their lower ends, and the ad- 5o in said sleeves revolvingtwith the collar, rand a seriesof braces:LiL,pivotally connectedatr their-:outer endsrtozsaid {dressffornr sections. 65 and atitheir inner ends, toa ,collrr ad instable A upon `the standard, substantiallyasidescribed. i a

4. In .an .adjustable 'dress-form, a central standard'A,havingthewaistband-sectionsDD and a collarifree to irevolvevon said-standard,` 7o said collar-,being rh eldagainstvertical,move-1 mentA and provided =With a seriesot` horizontal sleeves G G, in combination withaseries ofr horizontaliarmsor,slidebars J J, fixed'tothe it band-sections and sliding in said sleeves, and l7 5 i a seriesfof braces L L, pivotally connected at:

their outer ends' `to `said` dressfform fzsections, and at their inner endsttoa wornrM'; engag-y ing-with. the stud .or` screw 1N', fixedy to :the: standard, and `a series of `bracesd d, pivotally 8o connected. to the dress-form` sections. at their f outerA ends. and at their: inner-ends toi the reversely-threaded worm O, which engageswith.` the stud or screw h, fixed in thestandard', the inner endsof the braces fbeing :higher :than 8 5 their outerrends,substantially asdeseribed; i

WILLIAM AVOGLER. i

Witnesses:

BEssIE C. JONES, CHAs. `F. PERKINS.` 

